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Sunday, March 21, 2010

(NB: If you're reading this on Facebook, the original post is from my blog). John Gray sang this at Carrowdore Mission Hall last Sunday night - a lovely rendition of an old hymn from the late 1800s. I found this version by Natalie Merchant (who sang with Wilco and Billy Bragg on the great "Mermaid Avenue" album of old Woody Guthrie songs).

And here's a very impressive guitar / instrumental version:

Glasgow man William McEwan, "the world's first great gospel singer", recorded a version in New York in May 1926; the brilliant Virginian singing Baptist pastor Alfred Karnes recorded it in 1927 (download his version free here) and the McCravy Brothers recorded it in 1930.

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If you're interested in the background of this old gospel song, check out my Wordwise Hymns blog for today. Dion de Marbelle did just about everything, from serving on a whaling ship to being a circus clown. He was a friend of Buffalo Bill Cody.